Marmion, Shackerley · published 1632 · first performed or written 1631 [Dec] (Annals) comedy · Prince Charles's Men (second) · Salisbury Court unassigned nearest T6 Money, debt and credit · 482 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Would you have me Act the plagiary, and seek preferment, To be the drunken bard of some black stews? And think my destiny well satisfied, When my shame feeds me, and at length expect A Legacy, bequeathed me from some Bawd, In lieu of my old service, or according To the proportion of my Hernia. Well I perceive that I must once more take you To my protection, which if I do, I'll teach you better rules, you shall no more Commit your misery to lose papers. Nor court my Lord with Panegyrics, nor make Strange Anagrams of my Lady: you shall not need To deal for stale Commodities, nor yet Send forth your privy Bills without a Seal, To free you from your lodging, where you have Lain in, most part of the vacation. You shall no longer run in score with your hostess For brown toasts and Tobacco, but you shall leave Your open standings at the ends of Lanes, Or your close coverts in Tobacco-shops, Where you give strict attendance like a Sergeant, Until some antedated Country cloak Pass by, whom you most impudently may Assault, to borrow twelve pence; but bear up Stiffly, and with the best. How shall that be done? We will not call Tiresias from the dead, To show us how, as he did once Ulysses. You must resolve to learn virtue from others, Fortune from me. For that I'll make no scruple. I have a bird i'th' wind, I'll fly thee on him. He shall be thy adventure, thy first quarry. What's he? A golden one, that drops his feathers, That has received his patrimony, gives money For all acquaintance, when he first came up, His only search was for prime courtesans. And those he entertained for Mistresses, Only sometimes to drink a health to them, The Ladies too would use him for a cooler, But they suspect his silence, yet he uses Their names and titles as familiarly As he had bought them, thou shalt hook him in, And crack him like a Nut. Is he not the Son To the rich Usurer, that died so lately? The same, that heaped up money by the Bushel; And now this studies how to scatter it. His father walks to see what becomes of it, And that's his torment after death. When shall I see him? He is to meet me here within this hour, Then take you an occasion to pass by, And I will whisper to him privately, And praise thee, beyond Pirrhus or Hannibal. You must talk, and look big, 'twill be the grace on't. What shall I turn a Roarer? Any thing. Broker, or Pandar, Cheater, or Lifter, And steal like a Lacedaemonian. Observe what I do, and fill up the Scene. How now? what news? Sir, there's some five or six without to speak with you. How, five or six.
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Would you haue me Act the plagiary, and ſeeke preferment, To be the drunken bad of ſome blacke ſtewes? And thinke my deſtine well ſatisfied, When my ſhame feeds me, and at length expect A Legacie, bequeath'd me from ſome Bawd, In lieu of my old ſervice, or according To the proportion of my Hernia. Wel I perceive that I muſt once more take you To my protection, which if I doe, I'll teach you better rules, you ſhall no more Commit your miſery to looſe papers. Nor court my Lord with Panegyricks, nor make Strange Anagrams of my Lady: you ſhall not need To deale for ſtale Commodities, nor yet Send forth your privy Bils without a Seale, To free you from your lodging, where you have Laine in, moſt part of the vacation. You ſhall no longer runne in ſcore with your hoſteſſe For browne Toſts and Tobacco, but you ſhall leave Your open ſtandings at the ends of Lanes, Or your cloſe coverts in Tobacco-ſhops, Where you giue ſtrickt attendance like a Serjeant, Vntill ſome antidated Country cloake Paſſe by, whom you moſt impudently may Aſſault, to borrow twelve pence; but beare up Stifly, and with the beſt. How ſhall that be done? We will not call Tireſias from the dead, To ſhew us how, as he did once Ʋlyſſes. You muſt reſolue to learne vertue from others, Fortune from me. For that I'll make no ſcruple. I haue a bird i'th wind, I'll fly thee on him. He ſhall be thy adventure, thy firſt quarry. What's hee? A golden one, that drops his feathers, That has receiv'd his patrimony, giues monie For all acquaintance, when he firſt came up, His onely ſearch was for prime Curtezans. And thoſe he entertain'd for Miſtreſſes, Onely ſometimes to drinke a health to them, The Ladies too would uſe him for a cooler, But they ſuſpect his ſilence, yet he uſes Their names and titles as familiarly As he had bought them, thou ſhalt hooke him in, And cracke him like a Nut. Is he not the Sonne To the rich Vſurer, that died ſo lately? The ſame, that heap'd up mony by the Buſhl; And now this ſtudies how to ſcatter it. His father walkes to ſee what becomes of it, And that's his torment after death. When ſhall I ſee him? He is to meet me here within this houre, Then take you an occaſion to paſſe by, And I will whiſper to him privately, And prayſe thee, beyond Pirrbus or Hannibal. You muſt talke, and looke big, 'twill be the grace on't. What ſhall I turne a Roarer? Any thing. Broker, or Pandar, Cheater, or Lifter, And ſteale like a Lacedemonian. Obſerue what I doe, and fill up the Scene. How now? what newes? Sir, there's ſome five or ſix without to ſpeake with you. How, fiue or ſix.